Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 102:3
ותרוייהו אליבא דר' עקיבא דתניא (ויקרא כה, כ) הן לא נזרע ולא נאסוף את תבואתנו א"ר עקיבא וכי מאחר שאין זורעין מהיכא אוספין מכאן לספיחין שהן אסורין
except the aftergrowth of the cabbage, because there is none like them among the vegetables of the field;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi offers two explanations the first of which he rejects. The second, about which he is also doubtful, is this: cabbages remain in the ground right through winter, whereas the aftergrowths of other vegetables are consumed earlier: hence we are more lenient with cabbages, because we can never apply to them the principle, 'when it ceases for the beasts in the field, it must cease - (i.e., be removed from) the man in the house'. V. p. 251, n. 1, for a different interpretation.');"><sup>5</sup></span> but the Sages maintain, All aftergrowths are forbidden. Now, both [state their views] on the basis of R'Akiba.
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